Improvement in corn-planters



F. M. SIDERSL Y Born-Planters N0.154,965. I V Patented Sept .15,1874.

Zneas i I I g e/anion THE GRAPHIC CO. PHOTD-L|TH.39&+I PARK FLAOE,N.Y.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M. SIDERS, OF DENMARK, KANSAS IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,965, dated September 15, 1874; application filed March 20, 1874. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. Srnnns, of Denmark, in the county of Lincoln and State of Kansas, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of a check-row and self-dropping attachment for corn-planters, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,-I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of my invention, showing the same attached to a corn-planter, the planter being represented in dotted lines.

A represents the frame of my attachments, to be connected to the frame of a wheeled cornplanter by means of suitable hinges. In the rear part. of the frame A is hung the propel- I ling-wheel consisting of the hub B with seven (more or less) radiating spokes or arms, 13, at equal distances apart, each spoke being at its outer end provided with a spade-shaped pointer, B The rear end of the frame A is raised by two cords or chains, 0 0, connected with two pulleys, 0 0 mounted upon a shaft, 0 which is intended to be arranged on the cornplanter frame under the drivers seat, and this shaft is at one end provided with a crank, 0 by means of which the frame A maybe raised, so as to suspend the wheel and prevent its touching the ground while going to and from the field, and in turning at the ends of rows,

the wheel being held in, such suspended position by means of an ordinary pawl, 0 and ratchet-wheel 0 Upon each side of the wheel is attached an annular ring, B from which project two pins, 53* 13, directly opposite each other; but the pins upon one side of the wheel are directly opposite the center of the space between the pins on the other side. The pins 13, when the machine is in operation, alternately operate two rods, D D, the front ends of which are attached to the ends of a spring, D- This spring is secured in the center to a bar, D which rocks or oscillates on a centerpin, a, secured on a frame, D and this frame is to be fastened to the frame of the cornplanter. From the center of the bar D projects forward an arm, D in the front end of which is pivoted a rod, D to connect with the slide or dropper of the corn-planter. 7

It will readily be seen that the pins 13, actin g alternately upon the rods D D, give to the bar D a rocking or oscillating motion, and, through the connections D D give the sliding dropping-bar of the planter the required reciprocating motion.

The rear endsof the rods D are provided with shoes D against which the pins B work to push the rods forward. These rods are supported in suitable guides b b, and are jointed at d by a loose joint. The object of these loose joints is to accommodate the unevenness of the ground over which the planter may pass. The object of the springD interposed between the rods D and the bar D is to insure the regular striking of the pins B when the wheel rises and falls by the irregularities in the ground, and also to save the gearing from breaking in case the planter should get choked.

The pins B in a full-sized machine will be provided with friction-rollers to turn around in striking the shoes D of the rods D.

This attachment may be applied to any cornplanter now in use.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a corn-planter, of the hinged frame A carrying a checkrow wheel, the rods or chains 0, pulleys c and shaft 0 with crank and pawl and ratchet, all substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The check-row wheel B B B, provided with pins 13, in combination with the jointed rods D, spring rocking bar D arm D and connecting-rod D substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

3. In a corn-planter, the spring D in com bination with the rods D D, and rocking bar D substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

FRANCIS M. SIDERS.

Witnesses ANDREW SIDERs, GEo. KRUEGER. 

